This week the words of the week are “QSO Parties”. We have 4 QSO Parties this week to shoes from and hand out points to hams in those states. We get great support in the Georgia QSO party so this a great week to give some of that support to the other states. Pick one, two or even all four
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» Read moreThe last couple of weeks featured some good CW activity, This week we go to SSB and RTTY. This weeks Featured Contest is the North American QSO Party – SSB. This is a fun contest and only 10 hours. It is a great way to sharpen up, get back into the swing of things and check your station for
» Read moreThe dog days of summer are upon us and this is a slow week in the contesting world. A fun contest for this weeks is the WAE DX Contest CW. This contest uses contacts and QTC’s to come up with a winner and the scores really add up using QTC. Take a moment to read up on the rules
» Read moreLast week a challenge was issued to see who would be the Top Op in the NAQP CW contest last Saturday evening. The winner was N4PN – Paul closely followed by N4OO Brian. N4PN was the top score and led in Mults while N4OO out Q’d the field but fell a bit short on mults. We had
» Read moreThis week has a little bit for everyone in the contest world. There is NAQP CW and 10-10 SSB and the 10 meter band has been active sporadically so there might be openings This weeks featured contest is the North American QSO Party – CW. We usually have great representation in these contests. I look forward to posting which
» Read moreA new link was added last week to the Resources Section of the website https://www.georgiacontestgroup.com/ This link is to the WA7BNM online contest calendar. It is a very good source for rules and happenings in the contesting world. The big event this week is the NAQP RTTY. This is a team event and I know a group of GCG
» Read moreBelow is a short list of this weeks contest schedule. The rules for each event are below each event title . Click there for details. The big event is IARU HF World Championships. This event offers something for everyone as it is both Phone and CW. This contest is detailed below and at the bottom of page. Please,
» Read moreThe time period for nominations of officers has expired and here is a list of those nominated: Mike Hoing – President Scott Weiss – Vice President Paul Newberry- Secretary/Treasurer As Secretary of GCG, I am casting one vote for this slate of officers, thus electing them to a one year term, beginning July 1, 2019. This is done in accordance with GCG By-laws
» Read moreThe annual meeting will be held at Chopsticks Restaurant in Peachtree City at 11:30 AM. The food is outstanding and I hope to see as many of you there as we can get. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the election of the 2019 officers and to set an agenda to be more active and engaged in the upcoming
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